Captain Moonlite

Andrew George Scott (5 July 1842 – 20 January 1880), also known as Captain Moonlite, though also referred to as Alexander Charles Scott and Captain Moonlight, was an Irish-born New Zealand immigrant to the Colony of Victoria, a bushranger there and in the Colony of New South Wales, and an eventual and current day Australian folk figure.

Captain Moonlight
Scott c.1879
Born
Andrew George Scott

5 July 1842
Rathfriland, Ireland
Died20 January 1880(1880-01-20) (aged 38)
Sydney, Australia
Resting placeGundagai
Other names
  • Alexander Charles Scott
  • Captain Moonlight
Occupations
  • Bushranger
  • public speaker
  • gold digger
  • bank robber
  • combatant
Criminal statusExecuted by hanging
Criminal penaltyDeath
Partner(s)James Nesbitt
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